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WAYNE COUNTY ELECTION RESULTS

(Wayne County, IN)--Wayne County voters decided numerous races Tuesday in the primary and advanced candidates to November’s general election.  All of the contested races in Wayne County were among Republicans.  Probably the most hotly contested local race was for Judge of Wayne Superior Court I.  Ron Moore was the winner, garnering about half of the votes while Clay Miller and Austin Shadle split the other half.  County Commissioner of District 2 was also a contested race.  Aaron Roberts was the winner with 54% of the vote over Jeff Wheeler.  Tara Pegg edged out Melanie Vaughn by 365 votes for County Clerk.  Beth Fields cruised to an easy victory over Doug Glass for County Treasurer, and Brent Meadows overwhelmingly beat Tim Swift for County Coroner.  7810 total ballots were cast.  One-third were cast before Tuesday’s traditional Election Day.